Variant of the β3-adrenergic receptor gene and coronary atherosclerosis in Japanese subjects

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-311

  Tamaki, Shinji ^a   Iwai, Naoharu ^a   Tsujita, Yasuyuki ^a   Nakamura, Yasuyuki ^a   Ohmichi, Nobuyuki ^b   Kinoshita, Masahiko ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Genetics; Insulin resistance; Ischemic heart disease; 3 Adrenergic receptor gene

Indexed keywords

BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ARGININE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; JAPAN; LETTER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ARGININE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-3; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0033137320     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(99)00019-4     Document Type: Letter

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